Hacktivism and espionage are poised for growth, but cyberthreats will continue to follow the money.
Infosecurity Europe 2013: Small firms in cybercriminals’ sights
More small firms are the victims of cyber attacks, and the cost of breaches is rising across the board, according to a PwC-BIS survey.
IPS needs to become more aware of advanced evasion techniques
Advanced evasion techniques (AETs) rarely receive the full publicity they deserve – possibly because it is a term originally coined by one manufacturer (Stonesoft) to describe how attackers defeat other security manufacturers.
Infosecurity Europe 2013: Minister puts infosecurity at heart of UK growth strategy
Chloe Smith, Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform, opens Infosecurity Europe 2013
Twitter for news and malware: threats spreading through malicious tweets
With 288 million active users, Twitter has proven itself over and over to be a fantastic tool for spreading information and acting as a news source, especially in times of crisis.
Fresh Operation Beebus attack targets military drone technology
Attack on the drones? A dozen organizations in aerospace, defense, telecom and government agencies located in the US and India are the target of an Operation Beebus campaign that goes back to at least as early as December of 2011.
BAE Systems Detica Promotes Need for Security Data Analytics
It has to be accepted that in some areas security simply isn’t working – or at least it’s not working well enough. Time and again it’s discovered that a major breach has occurred, followed by a subsequent revelation that the attackers have been on the …
BadNews Android malware pushes fraud schemes
A new mobile malware family, the appropriately named BadNews, has been found in 32 apps across four different developer accounts in Google Play. It masquerades as an advertising network, but in actuality pushes fraud-oriented malware and other “monetiz…
Many SOHO routers vulnerable
A Baltimore-based security firm has evaluated thirteen mainstream routers used by consumers and small offices to connect to the internet, and found all of them vulnerable – 11 of them remotely.
LulzSec hacker Kresinger gets a year in prison
Cody Kresinger, who pleaded guilty in April 2012 to charges of conspiracy and unauthorized impairment of a protected computer – namely, Sony Pictures Entertainment – was yesterday sentenced to one year in prison and 1000 hours community service, and fu…